Air safety certification received at Corvera airport 6 days before the first flights

One more document is still outstanding but it is reported to be a mere formality

Just five days before the new Region of Murcia International Airport in Corvera is scheduled to welcome its first flights authorization has been granted by AESA, the State air safety agency, with the issuing of a document which allows the transfer of operations from Murcia-San Javier to go ahead as planned during the night of 14th-15th January.

The certification recognizes Aena as the management company of the international airport, with permission to operate daytime and nocturnal flights and to use two runways (numbered 05 and 23), although take-offs and landings are not permitted in “conditions of low visibility”. In fact the two "runways" would appear to be the main runway and the taxi-way which will be used by aircraft as they make their way to and from the terminal building.

This certificate was requested in May 2018, and although it might appear that Aena have been cutting matters a little fine in receiving it so soon before the first flights at Corvera, these timings have always been anticipated. The document states that “all of the necessary actions of inspection and supervision” have been completed, and although there is still one more document required before next Tuesday – Aena now has to request the final authorization to begin activity at Corvera – the national government delegation in the Region of Murcia is quoted by the regional press as being certain that the final administrative procedures will be successfully concluded in time for the opening ceremony on Tuesday 15th January.

The Aesa certificate also carries a reminder that new certification may be required if EU air safety regulations are modified, or if there is any substantial alteration in the “structural elements” of the airport.

Meanwhile, as the Aena website for the Region of Murcia International Airport begins to take shape, it has been confirmed that the terminal will be open from 7.30 to 22.30 on weekdays and from 8.30 to 22.30 at weekends.

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